Coding

Metadata

Sends you a notification when a U.S. drone strike is reported in the news. I coded the most recent android framework for Josh Begley's Metadata app. Apple removed the iOS version from the App Store, so it's currently available for android only.

Mapping police killings

Unarmed and armed. Grandparents and children. Black and white. How did they die? What were their names?

Archives + Absences

Android version of the app. Notifies you whenever police kill someone in the United States.

Chromeextension

Replaces some words that are predictably used to dehumanize people with different words that are more humanizing.

Suicide risk assessment

This app has been used in combination with biomarker data to predict suicidality among people with mental health diagnoses. The project attracted some press.

Writing

Global mental health

European-style mental healthcare has had to adapt to West Africa, where traditional healers typically get more respect than psychiatrists.

Psychiatric restraints

In hospitals across the USA, emotionally distressed patients are regularly cuffed and strapped to chairs, sometimes for hours. In Guinea this doesn't really happen. What can we learn?

Translation

Two French translations published into the public domain for Project Gutenberg. They're available for free and accessible on e-readers.

Research

Indianapolis has seen an explosion in lethal Fentanyl overdoses since 2014, overtaking heroin. We obtained data on every lethal overdose in the city for the past 7 years and started modeling these trends using Bayesian multilevel techniques.